04-04-2017
The protagonists of the first of two gala dinners at Cultural, the Festival of Italian cuisine organised by Mauro Bochicchio in Paris. Left to right, Gennaro Battiloro, Peppe Guida, Gianluca Ceolin, Cristoforo Trapani, Corrado Assenza, Roy Caceres, Angelo Sabatelli
In Parisi, three days of sun and spring warmth accompanied the 4th edition of Cultural, the Festival di Cultura Alimentare dedicated to food culture. The adjective that was not explicitly indicated in the headline is “Italian” culture as 90% of the master classes at the Bastille Design Center, a short walk from Marais, were given by chefs, pizzaioli and pastry chefs working on this side of the Alps. The remaining 10% had a strong Italian mark to them. As in the case of Brazilian acrobat Mauricio Zillo, who’s been in the Ville Lumiere for a year and a half after the essential internship at Rebelot in Milan («I miss Italy», he reassured «I think I’ll be back»). Or Christophe Santaigne, who runs a sound bistro in Paris and cancelled any distance separating Sicily from his homeland in Normandy with a dish of tripe. Or the antipasta served by Columbian Roy Caceres from Rome, a dehydrated fish soup in the shape of tagliatelle, a laborious exploration of the Futuristic-Marinettian principle rejecting pasta. Or, at the opening of the Festival, the rich addition of extra virgin olive oil in the dish of Parisian chef Bruno Verjus from Table, almost sacrilegious given the butter and jus foundations of the Ville Lumière.
Corrado Assenza, top professional in the 3-day event in Paris
Peppe Guida, Mauro Bochicchio, Eugenio Boer, Christian and Manuel Costardi, Vitantonio Lombardo, Roberto Petza and Antonio Biafora (photo by Marco Varoli)
Antonio Biafora, Nino Rossi and Roberto Petza
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